Award Winning Books by
DIANE ACKERMAN

One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing by Diane Ackerman 26 reviews (2011) (322p) (PP Non) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

"Diane Ackerman's most enjoyable, intimate, and heartrending work yet."—Atul Gawande Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom, and heart. One day Ackerman's husband, Paul W... more >>

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman 247 reviews (2007) (288p) (ALA Non) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A true story—as powerful as Schindler's List—in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "gues... more >>

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Diane Ackerman Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 2   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 2   Pulitzer Prize Wins 0   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 1 One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 0   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 0   National Book Award Wins 0   National Book Award Nominations 0   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 0

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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